Category: Wellbeing - Page 2

Lessons learned in the boys club

It wasnt that long ago that I walked by the weight room at the gym wishing I could go in there. No, there was no No girls allowed sign or line of spectators ready toevaluate my knowledge (or lack there of), however both felt present. What I saw in there was weights that were big and scary- that I had no idea what to do with. I saw men (who…

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Healthy eating doesn’t have to suck

I always feel a little sad for people who tell me they are on a diet, showing me evidence in their big salad with no interesting flavors. I dont think salads are sad, you canhook up a salad (without excessive cheese, croutons or sugary dressing), but typically this flavorless salad toting individual is going to give up on this new diet as soon as they remember how awesome it is…

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How to deal with everyone else

As long as you make similar choices to those around you, it is likelyno one will have anything to say about your health. In college, when I was living off of velveeta and party pizzas no one asked me where I was getting my fiber. Aside from cardio provided by going out dancing I did a lot of not moving. No one presented to me their concerns about my cardiovascular…

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Your scale is an asshole

Newsflash; you are living with an asshole. He might be found in your bathroom or perhaps he is hiding, sneaking around in a closet collecting dust and waiting for you to stumble upon him again. He doesnt even bother to get to know you and what kind of person you are. He doesnt notice the awesome things you do every day. The one thing he presumes to know about you…

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go small or stay home

When I first started getting serious about exercise I worked out everyday, as much as I could find time for. When I began to see changes in my body I was hooked. But eventually this changes slowed and I hit a plateau. I tried everything I could think of; new exercises, more intensity, longer stretching: what could be the problem? I had read something about the importance of rest but…

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a moment of grace

There is only one certainty in life and that is that it comes to an end. Each of us will have a final day. Before that day comes we will see loved ones and cherished friends go. This is not a fact I like to spend a lot of time thinking about but it remains true none the less. They say these things come in threes but lately around me…

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healthy eating: now a psychiatric diagnosis?

My friend sent me a link to this article the other day and it cracked me up. Its about the new psychiatric disorder named for people who (gasp) avoid sugar, salt, pesticides and dyes. WHAT?! Im sorry. Didnt mean to caps yell at you. Heres the truth. Once you start to make healthy changes in your life, suddenly the people around you become self consciousabout theirbad choices, whatever they may…

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